Article 3-5Jurisdiction over Adjudication Cases for Permission to Adopt
第三条の五（養子縁組をするについての許可の審判事件等の管轄権）
Moves to Article 3-6, paragraph (1) by (Act No. 45 of 2026)
The court has jurisdiction over an adjudication case for permission to adopt (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (61); the same applies in Article 161, paragraphs (1) and (2)), an adjudication case for permission in lieu of consent for giving consent to adoption (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in row (61-2) of that table; the same applies in Article 161-2) and an adjudication case for the establishment of a special adoption (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in row (63) of that table; the same applies in Article 164) (including an adjudication case for confirmation of eligibility for a special adoption (meaning an adjudication case regarding the confirmation of eligibility for a special adoption as prescribed in paragraph (2) of that Article; the same applies in Article 164-2, paragraphs (2) and (4))) if a person who is to adopt another person or a person who is to be adopted is domiciled in Japan (or resides in Japan if the person has no domicile or the person's domicile is unknown).
裁判所は、養子縁組をするについての許可の審判事件（別表第一の六十一の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。第百六十一条第一項及び第二項において同じ。）、養子縁組の承諾をするについての同意に代わる許可の審判事件（同表の六十一の二の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。第百六十一条の二において同じ。）及び特別養子縁組の成立の審判事件（同表の六十三の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。第百六十四条において同じ。）（特別養子適格の確認の審判事件（同条第二項に規定する特別養子適格の確認についての審判事件をいう。第百六十四条の二第二項及び第四項において同じ。）を含む。）について、養親となるべき者又は養子となるべき者の住所（住所がない場合又は住所が知れない場合には、居所）が日本国内にあるときは、管轄権を有する。
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adjudication case for confirmation of eligibility for a special adoptionmachine translation
「特別養子適格の確認の審判事件」
A case in which the family court decides whether to give the confirmation of eligibility for a special adoption (特別養子適格の確認) under Article 164, paragraph (2): that a child who is to be adopted meets the Civil Code's requirements for a special adoption (特別養子縁組).
Defined inArticle 3-5, paragraph (1)· applies only in this provision and in Article 164-2, paragraphs (2) and (4)
confirmation of eligibility for a special adoptionmachine translation
「特別養子適格の確認」
In Articles 164 and 164-2, the family court's confirmation that a child who is to be adopted meets the requirement of Article 817-6 of the Civil Code (the consent of the child's parents, with its exceptions) and that care of the child by the parents is extremely difficult or inappropriate or there are other special circumstances, as Article 817-7 of that Code describes.
Defined inArticle 164, paragraph (2)· applies only in this article and in Article 164-2